Gothenburg

Go, but pay attention.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Gothenburg at 54/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Sweden's national picture overall (73/100 vs 81/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high
73Sketch Score

City page · part of Sweden

The one number a country page can't give you

What people who actually live in Gothenburg report

Numbeo aggregates thousands of resident-submitted perception surveys into a per-city Crime Index (higher = worse) and its inverse, a Safety Index — the only real city-granularity crime signal feeding this page, alongside Sweden's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.

Crime Index

45.8

Safety Index

54.2

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

Same real inputs as Sweden's national page, with crime swapped for Gothenburg's own Numbeo number above.

78advisoryConsensus
73Political Stability
85Police Trust
76Health
54Crime
90LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Legal since 1944; equal age of consent since 1972+ UN decl. sign.

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

🔌

Plug & voltage

C / F · 230V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 112 / ambulance: 112 / fire: 112

How this compares to Sweden

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Gothenburg at 54/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Sweden's national picture overall (73/100 vs 81/100).

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